Restaurants in Recife
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Socaldinho Guaiamum
This long, large, always bustling, semi-open-air restaurant pulls in families, couples and groups of friends for good-value, good-quality meat, seafood and pasta.
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Parraxaxá
Festive decor and staff in police and cangaceiro (outlaw) outfits spice up your meal at this fun Northeast-themed restaurant. The self-serve food is a cornucopia of tasty Northeastern dishes – carne de sol (salted beef), macaxeira (a type of cassava), baião de dois (a spicy rice, beans and cheese dish) and grilled meats – with good salads, too.
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Camarada
This modern restaurant does shrimp in endlessly creative ways – fondue, salads, beer-marinated, moquecas (stews) – but it’s also wildly popular for happy hour, as patrons flood the front deck with ice cold Brahma or Stella Artois draft in hand. If you’re not into crustaceans, there are a few meat and fish dishes as well.
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Leite
One of the oldest restaurants in the country, this famous traditional lunch place was opened in 1882. Though modernized these days and void of much historical air, it remains a power-lunch favorite of politicos and business-people. Go for the excellent Pernambuco shrimp in coconut sauce.
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Mingus
An excellent spot to drop some extra reais for a stylish meal of contemporary Brazilian cuisine. From pan-roasted wild boar to fig-stuffed quail to whiting in peppermint pesto, there’s something for everyone, served amid larger-than-life B&W photos of jazz greats.
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Bangüê
This restaurant lovingly detailed in Peter Robb’s A Death in Brazil is a good spot for a meat or seafood meal, with a great setting on Pátio de São Pedro and its unique sugar-plantation decor. Call to reserve an outdoor table front-and-center for Terça Negra.
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La Plage
At first we found it irritating that a crepe and salad place wouldn’t be open for lunch, then we realized: it’s too trendy for daylight! La Plage serves up great-value savory and sweet crepes and fab salads in a near-bar atmosphere. It has good vegetarian options.
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Botequim Padaria
The big, busy Padaria, in northern Boa Viagem, serves fine grills, sandwiches, baked potatoes and inexpensive meals called pratos executivos, accompanied by the sea breeze blowing up the street.
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Ilha do Guaiamum
Named for one of Brazil's favorite types of crab, the Guaiamum is a popular seafood specialist. Try the camarão ao molho de coco (shrimp in coconut sauce).
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Restaurante Companhia
A quality sidewalk restaurant with a good-value, self-service lunch, satisfying meat dishes and top chope (draft beer).
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